My problem with Repetier is that after I slice it, the program goes to manual control and then it doesnt do anything.Yes I did do the connect and the icon turned green. Currently I am using Cura, yet repetier will let me save different filament settings.

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I don't care if you're white, black, red, periwinkle, burnt umber, or chartreuse -- resisting arrest is not a right, it's a crime. And it's never a good idea. ~Mike Rowe

What version of Printrboard are you using? What is your computer's Operating System?

1) After you connect Repetier to the printer (the icon is green) - can you verify that you do in fact have manual control over the printer? If not, then, we're looking at some kind of connection / compatibility issue.

2) What is your workflow for slicing the model? Are you telling Repeier to bring in an STL and then to slice it, or are you running your slicer separately and bringing in a G-code model to Repetier? If you are asking Repetier to do the slicing, which slicer are you using (Slic3r, Cura Engine, or Skeinforge)? Are you sure that all your slicer settings are right? Does the slicing process in fact give you a G-code model, or does it quit on some kind of error? Repetier has this little quirk where you can tell it to "print" a G-code model which has no lines of G-code at all: it immediately "finishes" with "success" but never tells you that you just printed nothing! You need to see your object in the "Preview" tab to be sure there is really a sliced object ready to print.

Win 7x64Repetier - Host bersion 1.56? What ever the update says it should have it gets.

Steps are as follows:Launch programClick on the connectLoad file--------two different scenarios I have tried here will name them A & B.---------A In the box to the right select sliceBox marked begin print after slice (both A and B)Click slice, power bar goes acrossDumps me at manual control. The scale doesnt reflect any thing has changed, I smell the extruder getting hot and filament oozes out. (happens both A and B)nothingyes the extruder does NOT have slash-----------------------BTried to click the print right pointing arrow

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I don't care if you're white, black, red, periwinkle, burnt umber, or chartreuse -- resisting arrest is not a right, it's a crime. And it's never a good idea. ~Mike Rowe

if there is nothing to print, why did the software remove the item I want to print? It is there if I go back to the load window.

Also I am having a heck of a time getting Cura to work. I am unplugging both cables then replugging in this order power then the USB. Yet when I tell Cura to print, the print button goes grey yet most of the time Cura doesnt reflect that the extruder IS getting hot. The image doesnt refresh for the actual temperature. Sometimes I can get it to print if I unplug it, then plug the usb back in.

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I don't care if you're white, black, red, periwinkle, burnt umber, or chartreuse -- resisting arrest is not a right, it's a crime. And it's never a good idea. ~Mike Rowe

I'm sorry. I only use Repetier, so I was mistaken. When you use Cura, it automatically goes ahead and starts slicing your model as soon as you import it. When it's finished slicing, it tells you how long the print will take and how much material it will use. Presumably, those are non-zero.

Have you tried a different model? Some STL files are defective.

I think you have some other kind of communication difficulty going on with your USB interface. Have you tried using a different cable?

If it is the model (like Jay said bad stl files are common, even on the big download sites) then look into netfabb basic. There's a free version with both online and downloadable variants. I use the download version.

If you're unwilling to give out your email address they don't check it. One of the 5 minute free emails will work, or probably nobody@nowhere.com. That said, there's no reason to suspect nefarious behavior from netfabb, and they have one of my sneakemail addresses.

Well I reinstalled the software and it now works. I will have to give it a proper trial tomorrow when my wife is not trying to sleep.

Still not sure what is ailing Cura, it doesnt refresh what the extruder temp is. I did a test of sorts today, where instead of trying to get it to read, I ignored the screen that would not show the extruder was infact heating. It did start to print after some time, yet it bothers me that it worked correctly (the software), yet now it wont reflect the actual temp when it is trying to heat up.

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I don't care if you're white, black, red, periwinkle, burnt umber, or chartreuse -- resisting arrest is not a right, it's a crime. And it's never a good idea. ~Mike Rowe